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VERA WEISZ

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[heiroglyphs]

[And flinch she does, but her expression softens when Jen taps her chin.]

Fine. [She exhales through her nose.] You can find a way to pay me back for it, then.

[burndownforwhat]

[ satisfied, she returned her hand to its place under the pillow and smiled smugly. ] For this? Just name it. I owe you, bigtime.

[heiroglyphs]

I'll just hold on to that, I'm sure I'll need a favor at some point.

[Did that sound ominous? She didn't really mean it to.]

Does your body still feel really hot? You're not glowing anymore.

[burndownforwhat]

[ just a little. it's Vera after all. softened edges aside she still has that sharp mind and personality far as Jen knows.

as for the question... she looks confused a moment. ] Oh! That? That wore off a while ago. Now I feel. Mm. It's a little more like how your muscles feel after a really good workout. I'm probably going to be sore as heck in the morning.

[ quite the opposite, actually. ]

[heiroglyphs]

Mn... I feel like I just ran a marathon.

[Or at least she imagines what that's like. You'd be hard-pressed to get her near a treadmill, let alone actual distance running.]

But, um... is your skin still warmer than before?

[burndownforwhat]

[ Jen holds back her quip on that first point. ]

Hm. You'd have to check. I can't really tell. [ it's a bit warm but not, like, feverish. like just before the point she ought to be sweating the heat off. ]

[heiroglyphs]

...Can I?

[burndownforwhat]

I don't see why not. Sure. [ it's not like Vera's going to do anything weird with it. right? ]

[heiroglyphs]

[And without so much as a peep, the smaller girl squirms forward until they were touching shoulders.]

You're... still warm. I kind of have to focus to feel it, but it's definitely there.

[burndownforwhat]

Heh. You could have just used your hand, you know. [ look Jen's amused. and it's... kind of sweet, in an odd way. ] Is it going to be a problem?

[heiroglyphs]

[Vera's a bit of an odd girl, even if she'll bite your head off for saying so.

Looking up at the blonde, she shakes her head.]

It's... kind of comforting, in a weird way.

[burndownforwhat]

Weird is just normal now. Didn't you get the memo?

[heiroglyphs]

[She chuckles lightly.]

Life now is learning how to live with the weird.

[burndownforwhat]

See? There you go.

And me. I think I can live with this level of weird easy enough. [ it would certainly be preferable to the harder stuff, that's for sure. ]

[heiroglyphs]

You're lying naked in your friend's bed about half an hour after you touched souls.

And you can live with this.

[burndownforwhat]

Does... that mean we're friends again? [ that was actually a serious question. ]

[heiroglyphs]

I... kind of feel like we're past that point, now.

[burndownforwhat]

[ blink. ] What do you mean by that?

[heiroglyphs]

Again, you're naked in my bed half an hour after touching souls with me.

...That, and we kind of just kissed.

[burndownforwhat]

I didn't want to assume that automatically made us friends again, Vera.

[heiroglyphs]

Just because you piss me off doesn't mean we aren't friends.

[She crosses her arms, turning onto her back to look up at the ceiling.]

If I kicked every person that annoyed me out of my life I wouldn't have a company anymore.

[burndownforwhat]

That's fair, but... it still doesn't answer my question. [ said with a frown. ] I don't think I've ever actually heard you call me your friend. Maybe it's not a big deal to you, but it's... something I'd like to hear. If it's true. [ look Jen has been thinking over all her relationships in deep detail lately and given how hazy her recollection is of how she even got to know Vera in the first place, plus the whole mystery with Weiss and Yang. she wouldn't be so firm if it wasn't a deep concern of hers. ]

[heiroglyphs]

Of course you're my friend. You might be my best friend.

[She closes her eyes with a sigh.] Clearly I'm not very good at showing that.

[burndownforwhat]

[ that's going to have to do. even though that's... kind of sad to think about? talk about a low bar, Vera. ] ... maybe that means you need more friends. To practice showing it to them, too. But for what it's worth. Thank you.

[heiroglyphs]

...You know I'm not good with people, Jen. Besides, too many people know who I am. It's not like I people can have a genuine first impression of me.